page_title: Fragaria chiloensis
hierarchical_section_title: Fragaria chiloensis
caption_attribution_description: [Illustrations de Relation du voyage de la mer du Sud aux côtes du Chili et du Pérou fait pendant les années 1712, 1713, et 1714] / N. Guérard, Amédée François Frézier, dess.&#160;; Fonbonne, J-B Scotin, grav.&#160;; Amédée François Frézier, aut. du texte
context_page_description: Fragaria chiloensis, the beach strawberry, Chilean strawberry, or coastal strawberry, is one of two species of wild strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern garden strawberry. It is noted for its large berries. Its natural range is the Pacific Ocean coasts of North and South America, and also Hawaii. Migratory birds are thought to have dispersed F. chiloensis from the Pacific coast of North America to the mountains of Hawaii, Chile, and Argentina.
  It is an evergreen plant growing to 15–30 centimetres tall, with glossy green trifoliate leaves, each leaflet around 5 centimetres long. The flowers are white, produced in spring and early summer. The fruit is edible, red on the surface, white inside.
  Its fruit is still sold as a local delicacy in some South American produce markets.
  Amédée-François Frézier was the first to bring back specimens of Fragaria chiloensis to the Old World.
  Chaetosiphon fragaefolii, the strawberry aphid, is a bug species found feed on F. chiloensis in Chile. It is a vector of the strawberry mild yellow-edge virus.
context_section_description: Fragaria chiloensis, the beach strawberry, Chilean strawberry, or coastal strawberry, is one of two species of wild strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern garden strawberry (F. × ananassa).  It is noted for its large berries. Its natural range is the Pacific Ocean coasts of North and South America, and also Hawaii.  Migratory birds are thought to have dispersed F. chiloensis from the Pacific coast of North America to the mountains of Hawaii, Chile, and Argentina.
  It is an evergreen plant growing to 15–30 centimetres (5.9–11.8 in) tall, with glossy green trifoliate leaves, each leaflet around 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long. The flowers are white, produced in spring and early summer. The fruit is edible, red on the surface, white inside.
  Its fruit is still sold as a local delicacy in some South American produce markets.
  Amédée-François Frézier (1682–1773) was the first to bring back specimens of Fragaria chiloensis to the Old World.
  Chaetosiphon fragaefolii, the strawberry aphid, is a bug  species found feed on F. chiloensis in Chile. It is a vector of the strawberry mild yellow-edge virus.
caption: Fragaria chiliensis fructu maximo (F. chiloensis), illustrated in A-F Frézier's account of his voyage to South America (1716)
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